NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The Brevard College Softball team (5-5) swept its two opponents on Monday in day two of the Fast Pitch Dreams Classic at the North Myrtle Beach Sports Complex.  The Tornados defeated Lancaster Bible (0-2) by the score of 3-1 followed by a 3-2 victory over Iowa Wesleyan (2-2) to complete the day two sweep.

GAME ONE - BREVARD 3, LANCASTER BIBLE 1

Freshman Alyssa Flynn (2-0) and sophomore Ali Grace Hartman earned the win and the save respectively for the second straight game. 

Flynn started the contest and threw four shutout innings allowing just three hits to go along with two strikeouts and two walks.  Hartman then pitched the game's final three innings, allowing no hits and an unearned run while striking out five and walking one.

The two pitchers did not allow an extra-base hit or an earned run in the combined three-hitter.

At the plate, catcher Kat Carroll and right fielder Beth Hyatt produced the game's only multi-hit performances as Carroll went 2-for-2 and Hyatt registered a 2-for-3 performance.  Third baseman Emily White went 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI. Shortstop Mikayla Morgan recorded a double and a run scored, while Lauren Dowell and Jocelyn Folkers each registered runs scored as well.

The Tornados were aided with a huge day on the base paths with a season-high seven stolen bases.  Morgan and Dowell each stoke two bases to go along with steals by Hartman, Hyatt, and Brittany Franks.

The game began with neither team able to generate much offensively.  Flynn retired the Chargers 1-2-3 in the top of the first with two pop-ups and a ground out, then stranded one base runner in the top half of the second and third innings.  The Tornados meanwhile were unable to score runs in the first of second frames despite producing baserunners.

The complexion of the contest changed however in the bottom of the third as Dowell reached base on a fielder's choice, then stole both second and third.  Folkers then put the ball in play which resulted in a fielding error that scored Dowell.  White then blasted a double to center field to score Folkers and give BC a 2-0 lead.

Brevard added another insurance run in the bottom of the fifth as Morgan led off the frame with a double to right field.  Folkers then laid down a well-executed sacrifice bunt to move Morgan to second.  White promptly hit an RBI ground out to score Morgan for the 3-0 lead. 

All along, Flynn and Hartman kept the Charger bats in check with the only opposing run coming on a fielding error in the bottom of the fifth.

Down 3-1, Lancaster Bible had one last chance in the top of the seventh.  However, Hartman did not allow a base runner retiring the Chargers 1-2-3 to ice the victory.

 

GAME TWO - BREVARD 3, IOWA WESLEYAN 2

Jordan Kielson (3-1) earned the win in the circle with Lea Kindrick recording her first career save to give the Tornados the two-game sweep on the day.

Kielson pitched six innings, allowing two runs on just three hits while striking out five and walking none.  Kindrick then came on to pitch a perfect seventh inning to earn the save.

At the plate, Hartman went 2-for-3 with two RBI's, a run scored and a stolen base to lead the Tornados' attack.  Left fielder Makenzie Rice was 1-for-3 with an RBI.  Folkers and White also registered runs scored, while Morgan and catcher Lil Bearden also recorded hits.

After two scoreless innings, Iowa Wesleyan took a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the third inning. 

The Tornados answered in the fourth inning with an offensive attack that began with a one-out single by White.  Following a walk by Folkers, Hartman then belted a sharp ground ball to right field to score both White and Folkers and tie the game 2-2.  Rice then singled up the middle to score Hartman for the go-ahead run.

Kielson then protected the lead with a 1-2-3 inning in the fifth before stranding a runner at second in the sixth. 

Kindrick entered the game to close out the game in the seventh.  The freshman from West Columbia, South Carolina proceeded to strike out the first two batters she faced before forcing a flyout that was caught by BC's Hyatt in right field for the final out.

The Fast Pitch Dreams Classic continues for the Tornados at the North Myrtle Beach Sports Complex on Tuesday with a 1:30
p.m. contest vs. Penn State-Harrisburg followed by a 3:30 p.m. start time vs. Albertus Magnus.  Both games are set to take place at field number five at the sports complex.

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-BC-